Fishing bait holder



Feb. 17, 1948. A. A, KOLLMAN FISHING BAIT HOLDER Filed Sept. 20, 1946 INVEN TOR. ALEmwE/e/Q K041 NAN Patented Feb. 17, 1948 BAIT HOLDER Alexander A. Kollman, *Los AngelesyCalif. Application September 20, 1946;;Serial No. 698,282

2" Claims. '1

This invention relates to a bait holde a d has relation particularly to a device of this kind for carrying live worms in moist packed earth, v In carrying live worms for bait, it is customary topack them in moist earth to preserve their active life and from which they are withdrawn when needed. The worms will bury themselves at the greatest depth possible and it isordinarily -.difi'icult to extract the worms without complete disruption of the earth,. so they may. be. removed by digging out with the fingers from the bottom of the holder.

The primary object of my invention isto provide an improved bait holder wherein liveworms may be kept withoutlinjury and to make possible .the removal of all worms without unnecessary di in Another object is to provide a simply constructed bait holder that may .bcarried with ease on a fishermans belt or the like and be 3&0" cessible atall times for'the easy removal of live worms by providing opposed openings having spring loaded lids thereover, and having means for rotating and locking the holder so one or the other of said openings will be upright in position.

Another object is to provide a bait holder that is light in weight, can be conveniently carried, and which makes the bait accessible at all .times and which requires minimumeiiort to keep .the worms moist and healthy.

Other objects and advantages will become apparent from the following description and the appended claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings wherein:

Figure 1 is a View in perspective of a bait holder constructed in accordance with an embodiment of the invention, one of the lids being in partly raised position;

Figure 2 is a, view in rear elevation of the holder as illustrated in Figure 1; and

Figure 3 is a view in end elevation, the opposite ends. being similar.

In the embodiment of the invention as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, the bait holder comprises a body B of desired dimensions and preferably oblong and has its side walls 10 and end walls H) of such height as may be desired.

The top and bottom faces of the body B are open, and closing one of such faces is a lid l l, the opposed face being closed by the lid IS. A longitudinal marginal portion of the lid II is provided therealong with the spaced knuckles a which mesh between the knuckles b along the adjacent marginal portion of a side wall I and v-2 inse t ble thr ugh hese k uck and? i a i o in 1 The entra k ckl b i cut. away as at .cto al ow th wi d n on menial? o ilsp ine .12, pro ided a i ext emiti s within? xt sions; l4, one of; whic is i u tra ed in F ure 2, b ari g a a s th acen s d iface of th bod B w ile the sec nd t n on bear down up th lid. L This ount n o th sonnet resul in m in ainin h li .H no mallvizl osed pos t o and he the. d i penediand released this spring automaticallyv returns the lid to such osed positi n- .The lid .16 vassociate,d with the opposed open face of the .bodysB is' hingedly connected, by a pintle .3 d s osed th oug th i t rlock n knuckles a and b carried vby a longitudinal margin of the second side wall L0 and the ad?- jacent-longitudinal.margin .of the lid It. 'Ihe side wall |,o.wit h which the lid 15 is hingedly connected is opposed to the side wall [0 to which them i hin l c nne t wh re the lids ,l ,l and l 6 aredisposed in .opposite directions and in such directions that when the lid I l or ,the' lid I6 is uppermost, the free longitudinal margin of uch l d w l h fo wardly d s osed sodas tobe readily engaged .bythe user for raising.

The lids l andis ma o a y p f rred form, but as herein disclosed, ,the free longitudinal and end Emargins thereof are defined by F o:- -pending lips .or 'gllanges. The central portion of the pivot pin 13' carries the coil spring I l coacting with the lid l6 and the adjacent side wall In in the same manner as hereinbefore set forth with respect to the spring l2.

The body B is of a length to substantially bridge the space between the arms l8 carried by the extremities of the intermediate member ll! of a supporting bracket S. This intermediate member 19 is relatively wide and at its opposite end portions has pressed upwardly therefrom the loop members 20 through which a belt or kindred waist-encircling member is adapted to be threaded so that the bait holder as a unit may be readily and conveniently carried by the person.

Each of the arms N3 of the supporting bracket S is provided in its outer portion with a horizontally disposed slot 22 of desired length and which has its inner extremity continued by a depending slot 23 substantially at right angles therefrom. Each of the end walls ll) of the body B at substantially the axial center thereof, carries an outstanding pintle pin 24 which extends out through either slot 22 or 23.

The inner ends of the slots 22 and the depending slots 23 are spaced outwardly from the intermediate member H of the bracket 8 a distance so that when the body B is shifted rearwardly of the slots 22 to allow the pivot pin 24 to drop down into the slots 23, the inner side wall ill of the body B will be in such close proximity to the intermediate member 19 as to hold the body B against rotation, at which time either one of the open faces of the body B is upwardly disposed. I v

The height of the side walls It is such, as compared with the distance between either and the member l9, when such walls are vertical, that the securement of the body B is easily accomplished by causing the pins 24 to drop down into the slots 23 when either of the open. faces is uppermost.

The body B is adapted to be substantially filled with live worms and moist earth and normally the body B is held against rotation by having the pins 24 within the slots 23. When the worms are concentrated at the bottom of the body B, said body B is raised so that the pins 24 may travel forwardly of the slots 22 as thebody Bis pulled outwardly, whereupon the body B is given a onehalf revolution to invert the same, bringing the live worms uppermost. The body B is then moved rearwardly of the slots 22 and the pins 2 allowed to drop down into the slots 23 to lock the body B so that the body B by contact with the intermediate member 19 of the bracket S will be held against rotation.

.Each of the slots '23 is preferably of a width substantially equal to the diameter of the portion of the pin 24 received therein while the slot 22 is preferably of a greater width. This is found tomaterially facilitate the desired adjustment of the body B into or from locked position.

From the foregoing description it is thought to be obvious that a bait holder constructed in accordance with my invention is particularly well adapted for use by reason of the convenience and facility with which it may be assembled and operated.

I claim:

1. A holder of the character stated, comprising a body having two opposite sides open and including side walls and end walls, closure members for the open sides, supporting means for the body comprising a bracket including an intermediate member and outstanding spaced arms between which the body is disposed, said arms each being provided with a slot having a horizontally disposed portion and 8. depending right angularly disposed portion, and pivot pins carried by the end walls of the body and each slidably engaged in a slot, the depending portions of the slots being spaced from the intermediate member of the bracket a distance to bring the irmer side wall of the body closely adjacent to the intermediate member of the bracket when the pivot pins are within the said depending portions of the slots, whereby the body member is held against rotation, said body member when the pins arein the forward ends of the horizontally disposed portions of the slots being free to rotate.

2. A holder of the character stated, comprising a body having'two opposite sides open and including side walls and end walls, closure members for the open sides, supporting means for the body comprising a bracket including an intermediate member and outstanding spaced arms between which the body is disposed, said arms each being provided with a slot having a horizontally disposed portion and a depending right angularly disposed portion, and pivot pins carried by the end walls of the body and each slidably engaged in a slot, the depending portions of the slots being spaced from the intermediate member of the bracket a distance to bring the inner side wall of the body closely adjacent to the intermediate member of the bracket when the pivot pins are within the said depending portions of the slots, whereby the body member is held against rotation, said body member when the pins arein the forward ends of the horizontally disposed portions of the slots being free to rotate, the intermediate member of the bracket being provided with means to permit the bracket to be mounted upon a waist-encircling member or the like.

ALEXANDER A. KOLIMAN.

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